Martin witt



(No Model.)-

. M. WITT. VESSEL FOR REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE AND COVER FOR SAME. No.552,948. 4 Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

one a o o o o o 0000 is o o o UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN WITT, OF NEUMIINSTER, GERMANY.

VESSEL FOR REMOVAL OF HOUSE'REFUSE AND COVER FOR SAME.

a SPECIFICATION forming part (if Letters Patent No. 552,948, datedJanuary 14, 1896. Applicati n l September 7, 1895. Serial No. 561,797.(No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN \VITT, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Neumiinster, Holstein, in the German Empire, have invented acertain new and useful Vessel for the Removal of House and other Refusewith Hermetically-Olosin g Cover, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved receptaclefor garbage, dust, sweepings and the like.

This receptacle is cheap and therefore offers no difficulty inintroducing the same in households,as by reason of its simplicity ofconstruction it can be manufactured at a moderate charge and will bereadily accepted and welcomed by housekeepers, ofiering the greatadvantage that in transporting the receptacle for emptying there is nodust nor smell escaping and the contents are always hermetically sealedin the vessel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a receptacle embodying myinvention in. side elevation, having the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section, with the cover in place.

The side wall a of the receptacle is made of strong sheet-iron, theupper edge of which is turned outside into a rounded bead b. The loweredge is strengthened by a heavy iron ring 6, which protects thereceptacle against injury.

The bead 1) extends over a ring or hoop of angle-iron c, which isriveted to the side of the receptacle. The same is provided with handlesd, and the form is preferably flared upwardly to facilitate the emptyingout of the vessel.

The cover consists of an iron plate g, the ring f of tighteningmaterial-such as felt, &c.and the second iron plate h, which is bulged.These three parts are riveted together in such a way that the edge ofthe tightening-ring is held between the plates h and 9.

To close the cover upon the receptacle the following device is employed:The iron yoke it engages with its hooked ends 72. under the hoop ofangle-iron c and is pressed against this hoop c by the screw 11 actingupon the central plate i of the cover. The latter is pressed at the sametime upon the vessel, and as the tightening-ring bears upon the bead bno gases can emanate from the interior of the receptacle. The bulgedplate of the cover yields in soine Way like a spring and thereby evensout the pressure.

The head of the screw Z is provided with a ring or handle m, serving totighten or loosen the screw and at the same time to carry thereceptacle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination of thereceptacle having an edge I) and a ring 0 thereunder, a cover having aspring top, a ring f of elastic material, the plate 9 below and unitedwith said ring f and the cover and serving to keep the edge of the coverand said ring horizontal while the cover springs downward, a yoke 7s,and a screw Z, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

MARTIN IVITT.

Nitnesses M. GARTZAN, HERM. GonBEL.

